sprawl

noun

1. an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about

Synonym: sprawling

2. an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities

Synonym: conurbationurban sprawl

verb

1. sit or lie with one's limbs spread out

2. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way

e.g. Branches straggling out quite far

Synonym: straggle

1. (懒洋洋地)伸开四肢坐着(或躺着)
If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way.

e.g. She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up...
他离开她后她就摊手摊脚地躺在床上，甚至都懒得往身上盖点儿东西。
e.g. They sprawled in lawn chairs, snoozing...
他们手脚张开地躺在草地躺椅上，打着呼噜。

2. 扩展;延伸
If you say that a place sprawls, you mean that it covers a large area of land.

e.g. The State Recreation Area sprawls over 900 acres on the southern tip of Key Biscayne...
州立休闲区在比斯坎岛南端，占地 900 多英亩。
e.g. If we continue to sprawl across the land, we're in for a terrible future...
如果继续扩展地盘的话，我们将来就会遇到大麻烦。

3. (城市的)杂乱无章地扩展的地区
You can use sprawl to refer to an area where a city has grown outwards in an uncontrolled way.

e.g. The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6m people.
安卡拉整个肆意扩展的城区容纳了 260 多万人口。

4. 肆意扩展;杂乱无章地延伸
If something sprawls, its structure is disorganized or it lacks direction.

e.g. Boylan plays with language, letting the prose sprawl about before tightening it suddenly to great effect...
博伊兰随心所欲地驾驭着语言，先是任文章自由铺展，然后猛地收住，产生了绝好的效果。
e.g. He keeps forgetting the words and the song is a sprawling mess.
他老是忘词，歌被唱得乱七八糟。

1. sprawl

1. 蔓延：这种移民潮是90年代美国郊区蔓延(sprawl)现象形成的主因. 反过来,也由于高科技的发展促进了城市中心相关产业的成长进而带动移民潮的回流. 本文主要目的即是在探讨美国新经济产生的背景与原因,及其对城市发展尤其是郊区蔓延的影响.

2. 展：研究员考克斯(Wendell Cox)认为,推高屋价的罪魁祸首是一些强化都市的政策,它限制了都市周边地方的住宅社区发展:「城市规划人士认为我们应停止不断扩大城市,他们甚至使用贬义字---肆意扩展(sprawl).

3. 建筑物无计划延伸,蔓延,四面八方散开：7. periphery 周围,边缘 | 8. sprawl 建筑物无计划延伸,蔓延,四面八方散开 | 9. lot 小片土地

4. 躺卧姿势：sprat 鲱鱼 | sprawl 躺卧姿势 | spray drain 排水暗沟